Electronic sound generator attachment for children's slides

Abstract

A sound generating attachment for a slide of the type having an inclined sliding surface, a pair of raised sidewalls at opposite sides of said surface and a handrail extending up from one of the sidewalls. The attachment includes a weather-resistant housing having a top wall, a bottom wall and an end wall and a clamp for releasably attaching the housing to a slide sidewall. An electronic sound generator in the housing emits a plurality of different sound message a rotatable and depressable control knob projecting from the housing top wall is turned and pressed by a child using the slide.

What is claimed is:  
     
       1. A sound generating attachment for a slide of the type having an inclined sliding surface and a pair of raised sidewalls at opposite sides of said surface, said attachment comprising 
       a weather-resistant housing having a top wall, a bottom wall and an end wall, said bottom wall including an external protuberance;  
       an electronic sound generator in the housing for emitting a plurality of different selectable sound messages;  
       selection means protruding from said top wall for selecting between the sound messages emitted by the sound generator so that the sound generator emits the selected message to the exclusion of the other selectable messages;  
       attaching means for releasably attaching the housing to a slide sidewall, said attaching means including a hand rail extending up from one of said sidewalls, a recess in said end wall for receiving an upstanding portion of said hand rail, a bracket for engaging said upstanding hand rail portion opposite said end wall, and  
       fastening means fastening the bracket to said end wall so as to clamp the attachment to the handrail, said protuberance being dimensioned to rest on said sidewall when the attachment is clamped to the handrail so that the housing top wall lies in a substantially horizontal plane allowing easy access to the selection means by a child sitting on the sliding surface.  
     
     
       2. The attachment defined in  claim 1  wherein the sound generator includes 
       a sound chip for producing, in response to a plurality of selection signals, a corresponding plurality of digital signal streams representing a plurality of sound messages stored by the chip;  
       a digital-to-analog converter for converting the digital signals to audio signals;  
       a speaker responsive to the audio signals for sounding messages;  
       a power source for energizing the sound generator, and  
       wherein the selection means applies selection signals to the chip to select between the messages to be sounded by the speaker.  
     
     
       3. The attachment defined in  claim 2  wherein 
       the protuberance defines a well with slotted walls, and  
       the speaker projects into the well.